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class americans what will happen if your taxes go up. thousands responded. some will tell their stories at the white house today. as small business own erbs did tuesday. >> we urged the president -- was to keep the middle class tax cuts. >> small business want certainty so they can plan, look at how we move forward. >> they very much want consumers out there knowing what they're going to have money in their pockets. >> reporter: the white house argues this is not a pr campaign. >> it does not i think, you know, make a lot of sense to simply say never mind the american people and small business leaders. you know, cut them out of the process. >> reporter: republicans say the president needs to get to work behind the scenes. >> i would hope our friends on the other side can turn off the campaign and get into a cooperative mode here to reach a conclusion. >> there's been little progress which is disappointing to me. >> reporter: the party wants low tax rates but is willing t consider new revenue. democrats say medicare's on the table. the qu
class americans what will happen if your taxes go up. thousands responded. some will tell their stories at the white house today. as small business own erbs did tuesday. >> we urged the president -- was to keep the middle class tax cuts. >> small business want certainty so they can plan, look at how we move forward. >> they very much want consumers out there knowing what they're going to have money in their pockets. >> reporter: the white house argues this is not a pr...
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cut dilemma. >> every republican in congress signed a no tax pledge created by americans for tax reform chair, grover norquist. now some republicans are abandoning the anti-tax pledge as fast as they abandoned -- what's his name? i got it. don't help me. don't help me. rip flaumbe. >> we recently reported "the on june" satire newspaper named north korean leader kim jong un the sexiest man alive. apparently the joke was lost on china's communist party newspaper. they ended up running a 55-page spread of the leader congratulating him for the title. you can understand how that can be confusing, you know, his fashion sense. >> because i'm gullible? >> a little bit of everything. come on. you've got to have found with it. >> the "two and a half men" with thing, should we believe the video where he was live or the pr statement? >> i think we should believe he makes $350,000 an episode and that's enough said. >>> this is from care 11 news in minneapolis, where a wave of baby blue swept through a maternity ward for three days. delivery room doctors shouted it's a boy 19 consecutive times betwee
cut dilemma. >> every republican in congress signed a no tax pledge created by americans for tax reform chair, grover norquist. now some republicans are abandoning the anti-tax pledge as fast as they abandoned -- what's his name? i got it. don't help me. don't help me. rip flaumbe. >> we recently reported "the on june" satire newspaper named north korean leader kim jong un the sexiest man alive. apparently the joke was lost on china's communist party newspaper. they ended...
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she says the money raised from the tax can go to support youth education and health programs. voters in richmond overwhelmingly rejected measures and which would have placed a one cent tax on every soda sold. >>> okay. when we come back, barry bonds, the baseball giant back in headlines. >>> okay. let the debate begin. is he in or is he out? major league baseball announced that the all-time home run leader, also a bay area native, barry bonds is on the 2013 hall of fame ballot. and it stirred up a little bit of controversy. >> yeah, for a lot of years, fans have been arguing whether barry bonds, and sammy sosa actually belong on that hall of fame. it's well-known that former giants slugger along with sosa and clements, they've had their careers tainted by steroids or performance-enhancing drugs. so far, no one tied with the steroids era has received enough votes for the hall of fame. but bonds should be a test for the association and a stamp on players who are presumed guilty of steroids. >> bonds is not only the all-time home run leader, but a record seven-time mvp. the much
she says the money raised from the tax can go to support youth education and health programs. voters in richmond overwhelmingly rejected measures and which would have placed a one cent tax on every soda sold. >>> okay. when we come back, barry bonds, the baseball giant back in headlines. >>> okay. let the debate begin. is he in or is he out? major league baseball announced that the all-time home run leader, also a bay area native, barry bonds is on the 2013 hall of fame...
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education tax credits and other credits for low income families. also, federal aid education, agriculture subsidies will be reduced if not eliminated, at least for the time being. between higher taxes and dramatic reductions, everyone, i mean everyone will fall over that fiscal cliff. >> you have two camps out there. some are saying let's push it to the end and don't move. other people are fearful that we will go over the cliff. so are we going to have an agreement? >> it's more clear than ever that both sides get it. i mean they understand the severity of the problem. it's equally clear near side wants to give more than they have to. they are likely the to reach an agreement, but not before the last possible moment. expect brinkmanship like you've never seen it before. >> that sounds menacing. i'm sure we're going to be talking about this cliff a lot more. >>> president obama wants to nominate un ambassador susan rice for secretary of state. that's the takeaway from a highly anticipated meeting between rice and john mccain and lind sai gram. they'
education tax credits and other credits for low income families. also, federal aid education, agriculture subsidies will be reduced if not eliminated, at least for the time being. between higher taxes and dramatic reductions, everyone, i mean everyone will fall over that fiscal cliff. >> you have two camps out there. some are saying let's push it to the end and don't move. other people are fearful that we will go over the cliff. so are we going to have an agreement? >> it's more...
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what would happen if they had to pay another 2200 dollars in taxes next year. president obama meeting with big business ceos. we're talking companies you'd recognize. republicans meeting with top ceos, pushing their side of things. now, republicans also criticizing the president for a trip that he hasn't even taken yet. friday, he hits the road to take this message to pennsylvania, to a toy manufacture there, talkinging about how do we avoid the fiscal cliff. spending cuts and tax increases that go into effect at the end of this year in congress does nothing right now, behind the scenes. the negotiations, not a lot to report. >> tracie pots, thank you very much. >>> checking on that rain. 5:43. the first of the storms rolling in. certainly packing a punch. we have a team in place watching the sky and roads for you. how's it looking there? >> good morning. so far, so good, for one of the most dangerous highways in the entire state of california. traffic is starting to pick up as we approach the 6:00 hour. traffic heading over the hill into san jose. northbound 1
what would happen if they had to pay another 2200 dollars in taxes next year. president obama meeting with big business ceos. we're talking companies you'd recognize. republicans meeting with top ceos, pushing their side of things. now, republicans also criticizing the president for a trip that he hasn't even taken yet. friday, he hits the road to take this message to pennsylvania, to a toy manufacture there, talkinging about how do we avoid the fiscal cliff. spending cuts and tax increases...
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a berkeley city council woman wants her city to consider putting a soda tax on the bal t ballot. she floated this idea during last night's city council meeting. voters, they defeated a similar soda tax earlier this month. >>> a bus driver being hailinged a hero after saving a girl from a burning bus. carrying the wheel-bound chair girl off the bus when the engine compartment caught fire. >>> president obama meeting with yahoo! ceo and other leaders today to discuss the looming fiscal cliff. they are still trying to hammer out some kind of compromise. to avoid tax increases that would kick in starting january 1. >>> yeah, meyers has been quiet since taking the reins at yahoo! back in july. >> she has been very busy. she just had a baby as well. we finally get to see meyers back in public. >> "fortune" magazine awarded her as one of the most powerful women in business. she did address her baby, saying being a new mom is actually easier than she expected and her job at yahoo! more fun than she expected. her secret, she says, is prioritizing. she referred to vince lombardi's three pr
a berkeley city council woman wants her city to consider putting a soda tax on the bal t ballot. she floated this idea during last night's city council meeting. voters, they defeated a similar soda tax earlier this month. >>> a bus driver being hailinged a hero after saving a girl from a burning bus. carrying the wheel-bound chair girl off the bus when the engine compartment caught fire. >>> president obama meeting with yahoo! ceo and other leaders today to discuss the looming...
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a new york city winner would pay the highest taxes, but lucky winners in eight states may no state taxes on winnings at all. until today the biggest powerball on record was $365 million won by eight nebraska meat packers in 2006. >> we process hams and corn beef? they went from corn beef to caviar overnight and so could you. but jeremy elson, a senior researcher from microsoft says it's okay to dream, but don't quit your day job just yet. >> mathematically it's not a good bet to buy a lottery ticket, even though the jackpot is very large. >> reporter: odds of winning, 1 in 175 million. >> so if you imagine a line of 175 million pennies stretching from l.a. to chicago and just a single one of them has an "x" on it, you have the same chance of winning a lottery as taking a road trip, stopping alongside the road in a random place, flipping over a single penny and finding that one with an "x." >> reporter: still, you can't blame people for getting mesmerized by the power of the powerball frenzy. >> i would be thinking it's freaking incredible to have that much money. >> reporter: all right.
a new york city winner would pay the highest taxes, but lucky winners in eight states may no state taxes on winnings at all. until today the biggest powerball on record was $365 million won by eight nebraska meat packers in 2006. >> we process hams and corn beef? they went from corn beef to caviar overnight and so could you. but jeremy elson, a senior researcher from microsoft says it's okay to dream, but don't quit your day job just yet. >> mathematically it's not a good bet to buy...
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by entities real-estate taxes and income taxes? you are buying into that? sandra: i have to believe in it. property taxes are very high but illinois is better off than a lot of the other 11 states mentioned in this forum to write a. there are 105 acres in illinois for every 100 givers and as many other states that are far worse off, where are you going to go? i choose to believe in my own state. texas is far better off. what you going to do in texas? work in the oil industry? you have proximity to your job. stuart: i couldn't do this show from texas. sandra: i am not willing to give up that quickly. stuart: get your views later. we will hear from you later. charles: whatever steve said. stuart: a moment ago with you heard my take on the california so-called come back, now we are going to hear from california's own mike reagan from reagan.com. welcome back. headline in the new york times you know what i'm talking about. california finds economic gloom starting to lift and the premise of their argument is those tax increases will produce a budget surplus in c
by entities real-estate taxes and income taxes? you are buying into that? sandra: i have to believe in it. property taxes are very high but illinois is better off than a lot of the other 11 states mentioned in this forum to write a. there are 105 acres in illinois for every 100 givers and as many other states that are far worse off, where are you going to go? i choose to believe in my own state. texas is far better off. what you going to do in texas? work in the oil industry? you have proximity...
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man are they very create on the tax front. now tax of a higr gas tax to fund construction projects. to slash all deducts and exemptions not just for the rich even adjust mortgage formula for example, likely veros in those taxpayers below $250,00 $250,000 threshold, more like a hundred grand crowd now. a health care surtax on the rich to cover a program whose costs are already spiralling. but not much cost on underlying abuses, you see a pattern here. i do not care whether you are on the left or right, the way we're going about this is not fair. no creative solutions to cut spending, a lot of ideas to raise revenues. taking a shine to spending our money, but never saving us money. we'll debate this. with wealth manager. if you want to look serious you need to put big spending cuts on the table. and we have, i just call him my toke an liberal friend. rick yo unger. you are not buying this. >> i see some, but the problem, you have to be careful not to create a new disaster by trying to solve another one, in 1980, 83% of americans had a defined pension benefit plan at work today that is
man are they very create on the tax front. now tax of a higr gas tax to fund construction projects. to slash all deducts and exemptions not just for the rich even adjust mortgage formula for example, likely veros in those taxpayers below $250,00 $250,000 threshold, more like a hundred grand crowd now. a health care surtax on the rich to cover a program whose costs are already spiralling. but not much cost on underlying abuses, you see a pattern here. i do not care whether you are on the left or...
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is the prime minister guilty of tax of points for tax evasion? >> $900 million into specific majors of tax avoidance. all these schemes grew up under years of labour government. they never did a general tax avoidance. they presided over a system where people in the city were paying less taxes than their cleaners and the government has sorted out. >> not to be remembered as the prime minister introduced regulation of the press, an essential part of a free democracy. would you agree with me that regulation derives -- you are pregnant or not pregnant. you either have state regulation or you don't. there is no alternative third way. >> i would agree with my hon. friend. is it a free press? absolutely vital for free democracy? we should recognize all the press has done and should continue to do to uncover wrongdoing, stand up to the powerful. whatever changes we make we want a robust and free press in our country. >> research by the charity save the children, reveals shockingly that in our country when seven children does not have a warm coat this win
is the prime minister guilty of tax of points for tax evasion? >> $900 million into specific majors of tax avoidance. all these schemes grew up under years of labour government. they never did a general tax avoidance. they presided over a system where people in the city were paying less taxes than their cleaners and the government has sorted out. >> not to be remembered as the prime minister introduced regulation of the press, an essential part of a free democracy. would you agree...
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anti-tax champion grover norquist last night told me he's keeping republicans to the no tax increase pledge they made decades ago. but should his party back away from that promise? joining me in his first interview since the election, reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee. welcome back, mr. priebus. how are you? >> doing great, piers. how are you? >> you have been keeping your head below the paraput since the shellacking you guys took in the election. what is your reaction to the pretty poor defeat? >> well, i think that we got to look at everything that we're doing. i think that's what we have to do. i don't think you can draw any quick conclusions other than the fact that we lost and we know that. but i think in order to get back in the game, you've got to look at and do a full autopsy of what happened, what we did well, what we didn't do well, what we can do better in the next year with two governors' races coming up and two years later, then four years from now. so what we're going to do is we want to bring everyone together. leaders from across the countr
anti-tax champion grover norquist last night told me he's keeping republicans to the no tax increase pledge they made decades ago. but should his party back away from that promise? joining me in his first interview since the election, reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee. welcome back, mr. priebus. how are you? >> doing great, piers. how are you? >> you have been keeping your head below the paraput since the shellacking you guys took in the election. what is...
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tax. if we want to look for more revenue, we would start their of the things that are not taxed at all and try to bring more revenue that way first. host: why do we have tax rates? where do they come from? what is the history? guest: why do we have tax rates? host: the varying tax rates, 10%, 6%, up to 39.6%, or whatever. guest: in 2001, the rate started at 15% and went up to about 40%. we have a long history of having -- having a progressive income tax system. there is a bipartisan interest in the wealthier paying a higher share of their income. that is a system we have had since income taxes were put in place. in order to get the type of progress city that we have in place today, it can only be achieved with a progressive rate structure. in the 1990's, more radical tax reform ideas were passed of moving from an income tax to a consumption tax. and there was a popular movement to promote a flat tax. it would also have been progress of because we would not have taxed the first $20,000 wort
tax. if we want to look for more revenue, we would start their of the things that are not taxed at all and try to bring more revenue that way first. host: why do we have tax rates? where do they come from? what is the history? guest: why do we have tax rates? host: the varying tax rates, 10%, 6%, up to 39.6%, or whatever. guest: in 2001, the rate started at 15% and went up to about 40%. we have a long history of having -- having a progressive income tax system. there is a bipartisan interest in...
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we do it through the tax code but the tax code, we are a good example. we are not rich but we are trying to get rich and the tax code goes after those that are trying to get rip. >>neil: isn't california just approved two tax hikes sales and income on your very group. so that is a triple whammy. >>guest: you have to be wired differently to do business in california. you have to extra extra drive. >>neil: why do you do it? >>guest: the weather. >>neil: i will agree with you there. >>guest: our business has to have good weather. we can keep our employees employed year round because it sunny and warm and almost throughout the year, december and january are the exceptions. >>neil: when you say defer deferring to december and january -- let me ask you, if your husband says your business is picking up, that would speak to what the president is saying and to could be the wind at your back? >>guest: i know how hard he works and --. >>neil: your husband? >>guest: yes. >>neil: in the you were talking about your husband? ing he works six days a week and he has done
we do it through the tax code but the tax code, we are a good example. we are not rich but we are trying to get rich and the tax code goes after those that are trying to get rip. >>neil: isn't california just approved two tax hikes sales and income on your very group. so that is a triple whammy. >>guest: you have to be wired differently to do business in california. you have to extra extra drive. >>neil: why do you do it? >>guest: the weather. >>neil: i will agree...
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tax reform. people who are following us on twitter, just tweeted, we'll take your questions. we want to thank the bank of america for supporting these series. the forum is about issues that matter most in washington. last week, how the obama campaign won and today we will talk about very important issue for conservatives and republicans, the path forward for them and their party. we appreciate bank of america's partnership including at both of the conventions. and we are going to bring you into the conversation. you got cards. we would love to take your questions and also be getting questions as they call it on "morning joe"," the twitter machine. we would love to bring out grover norquist, president of americans for tax reform. good morning, grover. [applause] >> you don't have your bag. he is attached to his bag. >> they told me it was too streamlined up here for the bag. >> thank you very much for coming out. can republicans raise taxes and not break your pledge? >> difficult. >> it's not know
tax reform. people who are following us on twitter, just tweeted, we'll take your questions. we want to thank the bank of america for supporting these series. the forum is about issues that matter most in washington. last week, how the obama campaign won and today we will talk about very important issue for conservatives and republicans, the path forward for them and their party. we appreciate bank of america's partnership including at both of the conventions. and we are going to bring you into...
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whether it's 3r079 tax, income tax. they are saying you may have to leave because businesses are leaving. if you own a home and you have a job in one of these states you could get transferred out. there is a likelihood your company would leave. megyn: how soon do they predict the doomsday scenario. >> reporter: there isn't a time horizon. but if you look at the pension crisis in california and new york you see things starting to come to a head. you look -- there are towns in california that have gone bankrupt that are now not paying out, and this is becoming a huge issue in court how they will handle this going forward. we see a lot of these problems coming to a head and you don't know how it will play out over time. they are saying staley kid, stay mobile. don't own muni bonds. megyn: never say muni bonds on "america live" ever. my viewers get it but i don't get it. it has something to do with government that may pay money or may not. >> reporter: can i say "money" with melissa francis? megyn: see you tonight. fbn. har
whether it's 3r079 tax, income tax. they are saying you may have to leave because businesses are leaving. if you own a home and you have a job in one of these states you could get transferred out. there is a likelihood your company would leave. megyn: how soon do they predict the doomsday scenario. >> reporter: there isn't a time horizon. but if you look at the pension crisis in california and new york you see things starting to come to a head. you look -- there are towns in california...
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when you tax something usually get less of it, like cigarette taxes to curb smoking or carbon tax to curb carbon emissions. financial advisers say individual investors are considering doing their investing elsewhere. other countries because of the higher taxes. now, the investing mobile bullies that wealthy folks should have to pay a minimum tax. look. there is alrady an alternative minimum tax set up with just that idea, to catch of the scofflaws who don't pay their fair share. unfortunately the brain surgeons on capitol hill have never in next the tax for inflation. knight captures 4 million americans, many of which it would be a strain to consider wealthy. even if you had of -- led all the bush tax cut expired the renue would only fund the government for eight half day aid now have days. we nd a better solution than that. the comments are based on the idea that there are no unintended consequences of government policy. people embrace changes, and the world keeps on spending. i believe that results would be catastrophic. capital flight to my jobs left unfilled, weaken the economy,
when you tax something usually get less of it, like cigarette taxes to curb smoking or carbon tax to curb carbon emissions. financial advisers say individual investors are considering doing their investing elsewhere. other countries because of the higher taxes. now, the investing mobile bullies that wealthy folks should have to pay a minimum tax. look. there is alrady an alternative minimum tax set up with just that idea, to catch of the scofflaws who don't pay their fair share. unfortunately...
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the reality is this is not a tax issue. it never has been a tax issue. we have the same amount of revenue coming in in 2012 that we had in 2007, but we spend a trillion dollars more per year now than we did five years ago. this is a spending issue. gerri: spending or revenue, that is, the amount of money taken in by the federal government has recovered, and it's doing much better. >> right. gerri: turning your tarns to a conversation going on for days lately. the most recent adherent oklahoma congressman tom cole saying, look, republicans need to compromise. they need to keep tax cuts in place for people earning $250,000 and less. he says it's time to make a change and now people on the hill saying that the g.o.p. is splintering. what do you say? >> that's not true. actually, what tom was trying to say was it's a tax call thing. tom is against raising taxes on any level. he's against raising taxes on all folks, but have agreement with the president on this group that's $250,000 and less, clear the table and make the bracket.ions in the upper he's against
the reality is this is not a tax issue. it never has been a tax issue. we have the same amount of revenue coming in in 2012 that we had in 2007, but we spend a trillion dollars more per year now than we did five years ago. this is a spending issue. gerri: spending or revenue, that is, the amount of money taken in by the federal government has recovered, and it's doing much better. >> right. gerri: turning your tarns to a conversation going on for days lately. the most recent adherent...
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why tax device manufacturers as if they are taxing alcohol or cigarettes. that is what it is and excise tax on sales. ge healthcare, santa fe, the tax rate that these guys face, pacemakers, devices for brain surgery, prosthetics for returning soldiers, get this, 80%. state, local, federal. [talking over each other] dennis: that is one of the few major manufacturing hedges we have for medical equipment. r and d getting outsourced to other countries right now. cheryl: what you think this will do to the industry overall? let's not make this stuff in the united states, let's maybe go to israel. israel has a very strong and nicole industry. they may actually move ahead of the united states. >> these letter writers are saying, look, we are already pulling back on our end the year in the united states. nationally, that would affect job growth here. cheryl: you have stocks now, of course, every 15 minutes. nicole: we are setting new session highs. take a look at the dow jones industrials. we are up about 15 points right now. american express turning into the green
why tax device manufacturers as if they are taxing alcohol or cigarettes. that is what it is and excise tax on sales. ge healthcare, santa fe, the tax rate that these guys face, pacemakers, devices for brain surgery, prosthetics for returning soldiers, get this, 80%. state, local, federal. [talking over each other] dennis: that is one of the few major manufacturing hedges we have for medical equipment. r and d getting outsourced to other countries right now. cheryl: what you think this will do...
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during the clinton administration, tax -- top tax rate was 39.6% and the economy took off. let's do that again. >> as we hear earlier mitt romney will be at the white house tomorrow. he obviously doesn't need to worry about my2k because his is worth more than $100 million. what's the understanding of this meeting? we understand paul ryan will be there as well. >> i think the president wants to strike a bipartisan note. romney no longer has to mullify the right wing of his paerd. he doesn't have strong feelings about much of anything at all. is it possible he could come out and bless what these business executives have been calling for, which is the president's balanced approach? anything's possible with mitt romney. and i think it very much makes sense for the president to extend an olive branch. you can say that -- >> but i thought mitt romney was -- hang on a second. i thought mitt romney was the one who proposed and espoused the notion of closing loopholes as the only way -- >> we know he's a flip-flopper. we don't have to -- >> that's true. >> he actually does -- it's e
during the clinton administration, tax -- top tax rate was 39.6% and the economy took off. let's do that again. >> as we hear earlier mitt romney will be at the white house tomorrow. he obviously doesn't need to worry about my2k because his is worth more than $100 million. what's the understanding of this meeting? we understand paul ryan will be there as well. >> i think the president wants to strike a bipartisan note. romney no longer has to mullify the right wing of his paerd. he...
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and payroll taxes. they're getting taxed twice, too. and in my own case i paid a very low rate in 2009 which i wrote about. practically all my capital gains came from bond, there was no double taxation there. >> jon: they're saying that unless the rich can pay less they won't invest in companies and america. that the job creators must be -- and we should also get them -- i guess it's called feather beds. (laughter) >> i'll do this. i'll call you at 1:00 tonight and i will tell you, "jon, i've got the best idea i've ever had, i'm going to put every penny i've got in it. do you want to come along." will you say "how much tax do i have to pay before i make a fortune?" >> jon: i think the first thing i would say is "why are you calling me at 1:00 a.m.? what's going on warren?" (laughter) i would say "warren, what's this really about?" (laughter) here's what's been fascinating me. sort of now the traditional conservative argument is we must have low taxes or the economy won't flourish, but i guess in my mind
and payroll taxes. they're getting taxed twice, too. and in my own case i paid a very low rate in 2009 which i wrote about. practically all my capital gains came from bond, there was no double taxation there. >> jon: they're saying that unless the rich can pay less they won't invest in companies and america. that the job creators must be -- and we should also get them -- i guess it's called feather beds. (laughter) >> i'll do this. i'll call you at 1:00 tonight and i will tell you,...
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have always been being taxed at ordinary income rates. david: they're concerned it will go up even more. >> go from 35 to whatever, whatever solution comes down. short-term capital gains it is equally important to recognize short-term capital gains if you recognize them in short term before january 1st. the general notion however is that, you know, to what extent our tax rates driving capital formation and job creation? i don't think they are as important as making sure that we have a strong economy. in a strong economy, depend upon a balanced budget. so that is the thing we really have to work for. liz: get it going, we agree. david: bill harris, good to see you. thank you very much. come again. liz: nice to see you. david: coming up, the fed continuing to print money to ease our economic programmed problems but they can't print gold. we hear that in ad after ad on television so should that be your investment of choice? scott carter comes up makes his bullish case for the metal. liz: national federation of independent business says we ne
have always been being taxed at ordinary income rates. david: they're concerned it will go up even more. >> go from 35 to whatever, whatever solution comes down. short-term capital gains it is equally important to recognize short-term capital gains if you recognize them in short term before january 1st. the general notion however is that, you know, to what extent our tax rates driving capital formation and job creation? i don't think they are as important as making sure that we have a...
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tax cuts for the middle class. tonight chris van hollen and jan schakowsky and the latest on the fiscal cliff. >>> the meet iing with the president looks good for progressives. we'll get the scoop from james hoffa. >>> plus breaking news. republicans running the benghazi witch hunt remain disturbed and troubles. >> i'm more disturbed and significantly troubled. >> i'm more troubled. >> joan walsh on today's big meeting with susan rice. >>> and yesterday ricks rolled fox news. >> i think that the emphasis on benghazi has been extremely political because fox was operating as a wing of the republican party. >> today fox news strikes back. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. the white house is keeping republicans in a box. president obama is hitting the road to push the extension of tax cuts for income, for folks under $250,000 a year. the president will kick off his tour in southeastern pennsylvania on friday. today he met with small business owners at the white house and tomorrow he plan
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>> tax rates going up, having tax rates go up is not wise for the economy. that we have put on the table in our past two budgets are to address tax revenues having revenues increase by way of closing the loopholes, limiting the deductions, limiting the credits, making certain that we lower the tax rates for everybody and broaden the base. that actually gets the economy rolling again so that we can grow the revenue to the federal government by having pro growth policies. the other side of this is the spending. that hasn't been addressed by the president. we wait for the president to be able to put his spending reductions on the table. >> brown: let me ask you to stay on the taxes for a minute. when you talk about revenues not rays, are there enough details there because a lot of budget experts will say that closing loopholes like that won't be enough until we know exactly what those loopholes are. >> what we do know are the rate increases that have been recommended by the president, get enough money to run the federal government for eight days not eight month
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but what i want to tell you is that ronald reagan agreed to tax reform that led to lower tax rates but also higher tax revenues from rich folks because it got rid of loopholes and deductions. >> stephen: you lower tax rates, revenues get higher. i already said that earlier. >> it's a complicated thing. >> stephen: it's not complicated lower/higher. >> you can get revenue gains from making it cleaner and fairer and more transparent and that's what republicans --. >> stephen: wait, simplifying the tax code, closing loopholes, is that not raising taxes? are those two things different? >> you have hit on a very tricky and important issue, stephen, which is that, yes, there's a way to raise average tax rates on high earners without raising the marginal tax rate on high earners. >> stephen: wow, i'm interested in what you just said and yet it's incrediblebly boring at the same time. (laughter) >> fair enough. i'm trying to say that you can industrial a 35% top rate and say wait a second, rich people are not able to take the same kind of deductions that take take under today's tax code. >> st
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letting the wealthiest tax cuts, the tax cuts go back to the clinton era, will provide the revenue so that those cuts don't to be deep and hurt so badly. >> senator patty murray, the fight we have a long way to go, even though the calendar year ends on december 31st, thank you so much for your time. >> coming up, ambassador susan rice returns to the hill to meet with the new set of republican lawmakers. but are these meetings congressional inquiry or job interview? we will take a look just ahead. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. >>> after a trio of skeptical republican senators voiced their troubles with u.n. ambassador susan rice's answers yesterday another top gop lawmaker senator susan collins went there today. >> what troubles me so much is the benghazi attack in many ways echos the attacks on those embassies in 1998 when susan rice was head of the african region for our state department. >> we discuss the late
letting the wealthiest tax cuts, the tax cuts go back to the clinton era, will provide the revenue so that those cuts don't to be deep and hurt so badly. >> senator patty murray, the fight we have a long way to go, even though the calendar year ends on december 31st, thank you so much for your time. >> coming up, ambassador susan rice returns to the hill to meet with the new set of republican lawmakers. but are these meetings congressional inquiry or job interview? we will take a...
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we said to the voters we will keep taxes low and not increase taxes. how dare anyone else keep us to the promises that got us ele elected. that the moment these people are are primed. they are going to be reaganites. the moment that they are challenged. >> i can tell you this. not one drop of revenue should be put on the table until we have massive across the board spending reductions and entitlement reform. that is what is missing. the gop should stand up and say not one drop of revenue until you show me good faith with the spending reduction you all talk about except when it comes time to do something about it. and step b is that the small business community should say not one pens penny until i know you are not going to screw me. >> a quiz. well the answer is coming up next. it is the energy boom that is the brightest spot in our dull and amenemic economy. does the republican party have a front-runner for 2016 could be. don't forget. free market capitalism. we are about to prove it again in 2:00 when the kudlow report comes right back. [ male announ
we said to the voters we will keep taxes low and not increase taxes. how dare anyone else keep us to the promises that got us ele elected. that the moment these people are are primed. they are going to be reaganites. the moment that they are challenged. >> i can tell you this. not one drop of revenue should be put on the table until we have massive across the board spending reductions and entitlement reform. that is what is missing. the gop should stand up and say not one drop of revenue...
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we know an increase in the marginal tax rates, that's a tax increase. but what about capping deductions? from your standpoint of the pledge, would that be considered a violation of the pledge to cap deductions, as some republican lawmakers are now suggesting? >> this is not a trick question. the pledge says no raising rates, no broadening the base unless rates come down dollar for dollar. the pledge is only two sentences but they are very clear. one of the reasons why eliminating deductions and credits, obama wants a trillion plus dollars worth of tax increase that way, is that if you do that, you've just got a tax reform for decades to come, because how do you reduce marginal tax rates so we can become competitive in the world on the corporate and the individual side, if you have already given away to the appropriators and spenders all the deductions and credits. >> one final question, grover. it seems some liberals out there want to make this personal. more and more about you, about your role in encouraging these republicans by and large to support th
we know an increase in the marginal tax rates, that's a tax increase. but what about capping deductions? from your standpoint of the pledge, would that be considered a violation of the pledge to cap deductions, as some republican lawmakers are now suggesting? >> this is not a trick question. the pledge says no raising rates, no broadening the base unless rates come down dollar for dollar. the pledge is only two sentences but they are very clear. one of the reasons why eliminating...
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no, tax all their income. so they've signalled even worse options than just voting for the big tax cut they're going to get to vote for on january 3rd. >> thank you both for joining me. >> thank you. >>> coming up, is america ready for bush 3.0? and the politics of attacking susan rice. why senators might be interested in preventing her being nominated as secretary of state. could the massachusetts senate seat have anything to do with it? and in the rewrite, what republicans do not understand about hispanic voters and why that means democrats will keep winning. new trident layers juicy berry + tangy tangerine is a thrilling, dual-flavored ride to mouth fun-town. but it's not like everyone is going to break into a karaoke jam session. ♪ this will literally probably never happen. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with
no, tax all their income. so they've signalled even worse options than just voting for the big tax cut they're going to get to vote for on january 3rd. >> thank you both for joining me. >> thank you. >>> coming up, is america ready for bush 3.0? and the politics of attacking susan rice. why senators might be interested in preventing her being nominated as secretary of state. could the massachusetts senate seat have anything to do with it? and in the rewrite, what...
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how about taxes? when i tell people that obama wants to lower corporate taxes they don't believe me. listen to obama and see if you can tell what he wants to do. >> we have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world, but it's riddled with exceptions and special interest loopholes. we can lower the corporate rate if we get rid of all these specials rates. >> not increase, lower the corporate rated. he's saying it. you just don't want to listen to it. ok? he is conservative. he's a blue dog. he wants to do the same plan the republicans want to do, just a little lighter. so what's on the -- what do we know about this grand bargain and what's still on the block? first of all cutting medicare. unquestionably, no question, it has been offered in every single deal, it is offered up now, dick durbin is still talking about how they call it reform. they're cutting it, cutting it, cutting medicaid, unquestionably, that has been offered every single time and they'll cut it. they are going to lower corpor
how about taxes? when i tell people that obama wants to lower corporate taxes they don't believe me. listen to obama and see if you can tell what he wants to do. >> we have one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world, but it's riddled with exceptions and special interest loopholes. we can lower the corporate rate if we get rid of all these specials rates. >> not increase, lower the corporate rated. he's saying it. you just don't want to listen to it. ok? he is conservative....
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we can raise tax revenue by simplifying the tax code, not increasing tax rates. we can address wasteful government spending without jeopardizing our core commitments in national defense and protecting our most vulnerable. and we can jump-start our economy by assuring americans that congress and the president can work together to get the job done and deal courageously with the pressing problems of today. when it comes to the fiscal cliff, the president and congress will either fail together orwell succeed together. there's -- or we'll succeed together. i'm confident we can pass the test and do what's good and right for the american people. >> the president's been talking a lot about taxes lately, and as a c.p.a. who practiced tax for years and a member of the ways and means committee, there's no one who likes to talk about tax more than i do. but let's be honest. talking about taxes is not going to solve the problem that america faces. we have to turn to the spending side of the ledger. and furthermore, his tax proposal will kill about 700,000 jobs and do harm to
we can raise tax revenue by simplifying the tax code, not increasing tax rates. we can address wasteful government spending without jeopardizing our core commitments in national defense and protecting our most vulnerable. and we can jump-start our economy by assuring americans that congress and the president can work together to get the job done and deal courageously with the pressing problems of today. when it comes to the fiscal cliff, the president and congress will either fail together...
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he created 10% tax rate and took lower income people off the tax roles. because of it, the rich are making more and paying more in taxes. before reagan took office. the bottom 50 paid 7%. the top 50 paid 90. now the top 50 pay 98%. the bottom 50 only pay two. >> bob: what do the top 5% pay? >> andrea: over 80%. 90%? >> bob: are you not embarrassed defend this? >> dana: embarrassed that the policy is so bad and you defend it and you act it will be a great savior and you know it's not. >> bob: i'm getting rap for people making half a billion snore if you do, what president obama is suggesting, raise taxes on the 250 and above you come up with 82 to $83 billion. >> bob: take in account the spending cuts that come in to that. >> dana: what spending cuts? show us. i would love to see any spending cuts. i'll believe it when i see it. >> brian: i think we have to give credit to producers of this world and not vilify them. we have to do what will allow them to grow the economy. to hire more people. >> eric: online for this -- >> brian: leave it there. >> eric: co
he created 10% tax rate and took lower income people off the tax roles. because of it, the rich are making more and paying more in taxes. before reagan took office. the bottom 50 paid 7%. the top 50 paid 90. now the top 50 pay 98%. the bottom 50 only pay two. >> bob: what do the top 5% pay? >> andrea: over 80%. 90%? >> bob: are you not embarrassed defend this? >> dana: embarrassed that the policy is so bad and you defend it and you act it will be a great savior and you...
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suddenly they love these tax cuts. we can't live without these tax cuts! however, republicans are now saying let's go ahead and let all of them expire. now the republicans don't love the bush tax cuts and the democrats do love them. it's totally switched. >> that is true. >> and you know what? i would never think that i would agree with this. he makes a really interesting case. that the united states by far has the most progressive tax system of any advanced country but it's not enough to help narrow income inequality because our overall tax revenue is too low and the middle class is the only people that can come and generate enough revenue to really help the people that are in need. >> which you probably have to do that, but you have to raise rates on the richest or at least find a way to bring their tax rates higher. i don't even understand w we're having this argument about marginal rates. it's stupid. >> you can't go high enough. where is your cutoff? if it's not at 100,000 -- if it's at 250, it's already too high to raise any serious money. >> they're
suddenly they love these tax cuts. we can't live without these tax cuts! however, republicans are now saying let's go ahead and let all of them expire. now the republicans don't love the bush tax cuts and the democrats do love them. it's totally switched. >> that is true. >> and you know what? i would never think that i would agree with this. he makes a really interesting case. that the united states by far has the most progressive tax system of any advanced country but it's not...
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and make them pay more taxes. how $250,000 got to the point where that's the, quote, middle class is beyond my comprehens n comprehension. 100 would have been more appropriate for more real live people. he's going to get that. hopefully he can do it without doing rate increases, which are going to cost. anybody who is, quote, rich shouldn't mind paying more taxes. i don't understand that at all. and i don't understand that somebody, if you let them earn more money is going to use it to hire people. they may likely buy another kind of rig or a toy or something like that. i don't know. but all i know is one thing, you can't cut -- you can't cut spending away out of this hole, you can't tax your way out of this hole and you can't grow your way out of this hole. you have to have everything. have to have it. >> well, grover norquist was at a political playbook breakfast with mike allen, we'll talk to mike in a few moments, here's norquist talking about what he calls impure thoughts. i think that has something to do wit
and make them pay more taxes. how $250,000 got to the point where that's the, quote, middle class is beyond my comprehens n comprehension. 100 would have been more appropriate for more real live people. he's going to get that. hopefully he can do it without doing rate increases, which are going to cost. anybody who is, quote, rich shouldn't mind paying more taxes. i don't understand that at all. and i don't understand that somebody, if you let them earn more money is going to use it to hire...
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no, tax all their income. so they've signalled even worse options than just voting for the big tax cut they're going to get to vote for on january 3rd. >> thank you both for joining me. >> thank you. >>> coming up, is america ready for bush 3.0? and the politics of attacking susan rice. why senators might be interested in preventing her being nominated as secretary of state. could the massachusetts senate seat have anything to do with it? and in the rewrite, what republicans do not understand about hispanic voters and why that means democrats will keep winning. >>> is america ready for bush 3.0? not tonight, but will 51% of american voters be ready for bush 3.0 in 2016? what jeb bush is doing this week to get them ready, that's coming up. and republicans can continue the attacks on susan rice. one senate seat. that's next. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf gets great rewards for his small business! pizza! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium deli
no, tax all their income. so they've signalled even worse options than just voting for the big tax cut they're going to get to vote for on january 3rd. >> thank you both for joining me. >> thank you. >>> coming up, is america ready for bush 3.0? and the politics of attacking susan rice. why senators might be interested in preventing her being nominated as secretary of state. could the massachusetts senate seat have anything to do with it? and in the rewrite, what...
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, tax rates that were around before the bush tax cults came along. we're talking about something that will not affect working-class people except for that loss in the payroll tax they vacation. who's going to get blamed for that? chances are the democrats figure the republicans will be blamed. there's the two-step option, which is let's kick the can down the road for another year, so to speak, while negotiations continue on the long-term grand bargain. that's always in the back hip pocket of members of congress as well. so i don't know that they're feeling the same kind of sense of panic that a lot of us outside are feeling. >> i just got handed this, and let me ask you for your instant analysis on this, dana. it comes from the office of the white house press secretary. it says on thursday governor romney will have a private lunch at the white house with president obama in the private dining room, the first opportunity they've had to visit since the election. there will be no press coverage of this meeting. was this signalled? did we expect this? >>
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rates where they are, not letting the lower tax rates reset. that's real money in terms ofi don't know that it's going to win the day, but i really would like to hear republicans kind of argue why they are not agreeing on this part of the deal. i think that would push things forward. >> on the 98%? >> yeah. the 98% anytime, at the end that's the worst-case scenario, that republicans cave to the president's demand, because he's not asking for any more on that. so why give it -- why give that up now? >> just because they both agree on that. >> well, they don't -- >> they agree on that. >> why are democrats so afraid of going back to the clinton tax rates? that's a great question. wasn't that the source of prosperity in the '90s? >> i liked that tax structure. >> i know you do, jared. >> i'm just saying that's something they agree on. >> here's the deal. what you saw today was really show business on the case of the white house with an audience behind him. the president did not talk about entitlements, anything he would give on, really zero change
rates where they are, not letting the lower tax rates reset. that's real money in terms ofi don't know that it's going to win the day, but i really would like to hear republicans kind of argue why they are not agreeing on this part of the deal. i think that would push things forward. >> on the 98%? >> yeah. the 98% anytime, at the end that's the worst-case scenario, that republicans cave to the president's demand, because he's not asking for any more on that. so why give it -- why...
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so it's not like folks who make more than 250 aren't getting a tax break too, they are getting a tax break on the first 250 just like everybody else. families and small businesses would therefore be able to enjoy some piece of mind heading into christmas and heading into the new year. and it would give us more time than next year to work together on a comprehensive plan to bring down our deficits, to streamline our tax system, to do it in a balanced way, including asking the wealthist americans to pay a little more so we can still invest in things like education, and training and science and research research. i know some of this may sound familiar to you because we talked a lot about this during campaign. this shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. this was a major debate in the presidential campaign and in congressional campaigns all across the country, and a clear majority of americans, not just democrats, but also a lot of republicans and a lot of independents agreed we should have a balanced approach to deficit reduction that doesn't hurt the economy and doesn't hurt middle class f
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so when you tax a dividend, you're double taxing it. it's already been taxed once. >> right. so by that logic, let's get rid of all taxes on dividends so wealthy heirs basically pay no taxes. >> pension funds would be better off. everybody would be better off. >> look, one of the problems with these, you got to keep in mind, dividend tax rates right now are at a historically low level. they were much higher in the 1990s during that bull market. they were higher in the 1980s. >> not relevant to my point i was making. >> you're talking about completely different economic conditions as well. you're talking about a country that's scraping the bottom, coming from a recession, where any level of contraction is going to be damaging. >> jeff, we have to cut you off. bob is waiting. you know how he gets. guys, good discussion. thank you. >> all right. we started 100 points down. we finished 100 points up. bob, it's a fiscal cliff soap opeon on the -- opera on the street. >> we dropped about 10:00. we had disappointing october new home sales. that was one little disappointing piece of
so when you tax a dividend, you're double taxing it. it's already been taxed once. >> right. so by that logic, let's get rid of all taxes on dividends so wealthy heirs basically pay no taxes. >> pension funds would be better off. everybody would be better off. >> look, one of the problems with these, you got to keep in mind, dividend tax rates right now are at a historically low level. they were much higher in the 1990s during that bull market. they were higher in the 1980s....
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we were hearing about federal gas tax, talking but obviously raising taxes on anyone who makes more than $250,000 but you don't hear anything serious about cutting spending or entitlement or anything. >> i think the white house thinks we are in a better place than they were a year and a half ago so they're staying away from the spending cuts for now. i think if there is no real spending cuts, they will go off the fiscal cliff, don't think republican!!therepublicans willl without spending. melissa: maybe we will raise taxes now on folks and make a promise down the road to get back together in six months or so or talk about spending cuts somewhere down the road. that would be frustrating to a lot of republicans, do you think they would take that deal? speak i understand the chances of winning the lottery are better than getting the cuts in the future. if they don't get an agreement right now that is firm and real. lori: had to get something specific, not just cut and number, and it turns out like this come in th and the situatih his exploding deadline and may be a number but no specifics i
we were hearing about federal gas tax, talking but obviously raising taxes on anyone who makes more than $250,000 but you don't hear anything serious about cutting spending or entitlement or anything. >> i think the white house thinks we are in a better place than they were a year and a half ago so they're staying away from the spending cuts for now. i think if there is no real spending cuts, they will go off the fiscal cliff, don't think republican!!therepublicans willl without spending....